Police investigating tips they received went to talk to a man and wound up arresting him when they saw methamphetamine "in plain view," said Lt. John Jenkins of the Alliance Police Department.

Eric G. Vankirk, 32, of 1177 Johnson Ave. N, was arrested at 11:40 a.m. Thursday at his home on charges of illegal manufacture of drugs, illegal possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, methamphetamine possession, criminal tools possession, marijuana possession and two counts of drug paraphernalia possession, Stark County Jail records said.

Jenkins said that as officers spoke to Vankirk, they saw methamphetamine and then marijuana.

They seized the illegal drugs and seized two "shake-and-bake" meth labs that had been active labs but were no longer functioning, the lieutenant said. They also seized chemicals and other materials used to make the meth, a marijuana pipe and straws used to snort meth.

Stark County court records showed Friday that he remained in jail, held in lieu of $100,000 bond pending hearings in Alliance Municipal Court.